Get Your Tan On - The Right Way

While there are many options for self-tanners, don’t overthink this. My chart offers three options to choose from that meet most clients’ needs.

The number one key to getting a flawless sunless tan is exfoliation. Think about it. Your skin is always, always trying to shed dead cells on the body. If your skin is dry and cracked with dead skin cells, the self tanner is not going to go on evenly or smoothly, and it won’t last as long, since “colored” dead skin cells will be shed soon. Prepare for your sunless tan by exfoliating every day in the shower starting 3 days before your tan. And if you have not exfoliated in a while, do it for 5 days! Apply a lotion afterwards. The day of the tan, do not exfoliate or apply lotion within 4 to 5 hours before your tan.

I think this is the best exfoliator: La Liscious Body Souffle. It’s a combination of all natural oils and cane sugar whipped together to provide vitamins, minerals and proteins to the skin. The whipping means no separation of ingredients in the shower, that is, no sticky, oily residue on your shower shelf etc.